# The Weather Channel has remarkably thin skin, can't take honest criticisim of their iPhone app **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 27, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725 "2011-09-27T01:22:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/1 "2011-09-27T01:22:56Z")
If you’re an iPhone user like me, you’ve probably experienced the steady decline of the Weather Channel iPhone app, ever since the version 4.0 update, it has been getting steadily worse Basically, 4.0 broke the radar map, it would not update tiles, moving or zooming the map required a stop and refresh, they also added more, and more intrusive ads and twitter integration These problems angered many iApp users, and the overwhelming reviews of the app dropped to one star, and numerous requests were made to fix the map, make the ads less intrusive and to drop twitter integration shortly after the release of 4.0, TWC released 4.1, the map was kinda-sorta-but-not-really fixed, the ads were still there, just as intrusive, and the stupid twitter crap was still there… So, I decided to send a problem report to TWC, I notified then that I was still having map issues on my iPhone, and had tried deleting and reinstalling the app with no change, and asked nicely if they could perhaps makd the ads a little less intrusive, and perhaps move the twitter functionality onto the menu bar at the bottom of the app, perhaps give the end user the ability to disable it if they felt no use for it, my problem report was nicely written, not accusatory or confrontational, and was very professional, it was a nicely written “I’m having some problems, is there anything I can do to fix them on my end?” …I went back to TWC forums today to see if there were any solutions to the 4.1 issues only to find that… My IP address was _PERMANENTLY BANNED!_, I tried sending an email to the forum admin to find out why I was banned, only to find that the email itself was being bounced back as undeliverable… these gutless morons banned me for submitting a legitimate problem report and I am unable to find out _WHY_ I was banned (at least not from this computer, that is, they’ll be getting an email from my work account wondering why I was banned I guess the only “problem report” they’ll accept are ones containing unadulterated praise, they can’t take honest criticism about a clearly still broken app Screw them, if I don’t get a satisfactory answer from their admin team, then their app will be _permanently banned_ from my iPhone fuckers… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/2 "2011-09-27T01:27:26Z")
They seem determined to drive people to one of the many other Weather apps available. Weather Channel got kinda nerfed on the Android as well. I use Weatherbug now, despite its rep on regular computers. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/3 "2011-09-27T02:26:55Z")
I just went to [forums.weather.com](http://forums.weather.com) for the first time and was told my IP address had been permanently banned. Either their webmaster is Keyser Söze or they have some problems. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/4 "2011-09-27T02:30:43Z")
“[forums.weather.com](http://forums.weather.com)” is timing out for me. Perhaps they’re having a similar problem to what happened here a few weeks ago? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/5 "2011-09-27T02:33:36Z")
> [@SanibelMan](#): > > “[forums.weather.com](http://forums.weather.com)” is timing out for me. Perhaps they’re having a similar problem to what happened here a few weeks ago? **Marley’s** an Admin there, also? d&r ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/6 "2011-09-27T02:33:45Z")
> [@SanibelMan](#): > > “[forums.weather.com](http://forums.weather.com)” is timing out for me. Perhaps they’re having a similar problem to what happened here a few weeks ago? Is Marley23 banning everyone on the weather forum now? That guy sure gets around the internet! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/7 "2011-09-27T02:33:45Z")
They probably decided that the biggest problem with their App was the users, and decided to get rid of them. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/8 "2011-09-27T02:34:12Z")
> [@SanibelMan](#): > > “[forums.weather.com](http://forums.weather.com)” is timing out for me. Perhaps they’re having a similar problem to what happened here a few weeks ago? Looks like they are having issues - my ISP is banned as well and this was the first time I’d ever been there. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/9 "2011-09-27T03:04:08Z")
I’ve never been there either, and I am similarly IP banned. SanibelMan: It seems to time out if you don’t use https:// first. Which is a bit weird, for a forum. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/10 "2011-09-27T03:57:45Z")
**MacTech** , you broke their forums! ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/11 "2011-09-27T04:07:26Z")
Naah, it was probably their crappy iPhone Dev. Team, they did a stellar job frakking up the iPhone app, taking it from a four star app (loses one star for annoying ads) to a _ZERO_ star app (I’d actually rate it negative five if possible) in one revision update, and then steadfastly refuses to fix the issues end users are complaining about, and refuses to remove the irrelavent, useless twitter client, if I want to tweet about something, (not that I ever do, not a fan of social networking crap) I’ll use a twitter app, not my weather app here’s what a good weather app should have in it; Current conditions Extended Forecast Radar Maps Emergency weather alerts And THAT’S IT! Thankfully, I found that Weatherbug Elite (.99¢, no ads) and AccuWeather Free (ignorable ads) do these things just fine, and don’t have useless crap like Twitter in them ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/12 "2011-09-27T05:13:48Z")
…just reporting that I too have “been permanently banned from this board.” (Wellington NZ) And I’ve never visited that board before, let alone logged in! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/13 "2011-09-27T05:30:17Z")
I like the My-Cast weather app. Also, this thread is cracking my shit up. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/14 "2011-09-27T05:39:28Z")
I’m banned too. _Permanently!_ I guess **MacTech** pissed them off so much that they made sure he couldn’t post again, even from somebody else’s computer! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/15 "2011-09-27T18:46:34Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I like the My-Cast weather app. +1 The only app I’ve paid actual money for that wasn’t written by my brother. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/16 "2011-09-27T19:10:13Z")
I use [weather underground](http://www.wunderground.com/) on my computer, and I see they have an iPhone app. Anyone try it? ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/17 "2011-09-27T19:35:21Z")
I’ve found very — emphasis on _very_ — few iOS weather apps that are worth a damn, although I’ve tried a small portion (there might be more weather apps than anything but games). The only one I actually liked was MyWeather Mobile, but once abandoned by its developer it steadily broke; I don’t think it’s even been in the App Store for ages. I really don’t mind paying a few bucks for an app if it works well, but anyone’s guess is as good as mine what weather app fits that description. I’m currently using an app entitled simply [Weather](http://clinkapps.com/) (by Clink Apps). It’s very pretty and functional for me, although its three-star average rating appears to be due to bugginess for some people. $0.99. Worth it to me despite bugs, because I fucking. Hate. Ads. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/18 "2011-09-28T03:31:03Z")
[weather.com](http://weather.com) was having timeouts last night when I tried to check the forecast from my PC. Don’t take it personally. But do find another app. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/19 "2011-09-28T04:25:57Z")
If it weren’t for the Hot Weather Chicks, that channel would be \*completely \*worthless. What is an “app”? ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725/20 "2011-09-28T13:04:29Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I use [weather underground](http://www.wunderground.com/) on my computer, and I see they have an iPhone app. Anyone try it? Weather Underground, the website itself, works great with the iPhone. It formats nicely, has few ads, and is a joy to use. I don’t actually see an iPhone app for it, though. There’s really no need - the website itself is great on the phone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weather-channel-has-remarkably-thin-skin-cant-take-honest-criticisim-of-their-iphone-app/597725.md?page=2)